The Double-Chapter 584 - 171 Tearing_2

Princess Yongning was also startled by his attitude, but quickly, her inherent personality prevailed. Princess Yongning sneered, "No wonder you do not share a room with me day after day, and do not seem displeased. The last time I came here, I thought you might be hiding some beauty, yet I found nothing. I thought you were really a chaste and upright gentleman who shunned worldly desires, but it turns out Eldest Young Master Li has tastes quite different from ordinary people."

"Li Xian, you killed my child, and you are going to pay for it!"

"Killed?" Li Xian was taken aback and said, "Princess, you must be mistaken. Why would I kill my own child?"

Princess Yongning looked at him, and Li Xian’s face was one of confusion and astonishment. For a moment, Princess Yongning almost believed that Li Xian really had not done those things. But she quickly said, "Who knows why you would do such a thing? You order the kitchen to prepare the dregs of boiled medicine daily, and within them are ingredients that cause miscarriage. If I hadn’t been careful, I might have fallen into your trap without even knowing why. Seeing your scheme failing, you even had someone push me on the road! I miscarried, and it was all your doing!"

"Princess," Li Xian replied unruffled, "As for the ingredients in the fetus-preserving medicine, surely it could be the work of the person who prepared the potion. How can you blame me? I can understand your grief over losing a child, but I cannot comprehend why you would blame all these things on me. That was my own child too, even a tiger does not eat its young. What reason would I have to harm my own child? Unless," Li Xian said with a smile, "it were not my child. Then it might make sense."

Upon hearing this, Princess Yongning’s heart wavered with uncertainty. She didn’t know whether Li Xian knew the child wasn’t his. If not his, why cause her to miscarry? If he knew, she could not admit it now, she must insist the child was Li Xian’s doing.

She scoffed, "Save your nonsense. I do not know why you would want to kill your own son, but what happened was your doing, Li Xian. You must have the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard to even dare harm my child!"

"Princess, you claim it’s your child time and again but fail to mention me," Li Xian said lightly. "Others might hear and think the Princess’s child is not mine, with such an attitude so ready for combat."

No matter what, he wouldn’t admit to it, and Princess Yongning seethed with hatred. She couldn’t admit here that the child was not really Li Xian’s. Without finding Li Xian’s motive for killing the child, and seeing his confident demeanor, what could Princess Yongning do to him?

Most of her guards were left at the Princess’s Mansion. Only a few remained at the Li Family residence, and they probably couldn’t do much to Li Xian either. What could she do? At this moment, she couldn’t rush over and kill Li Xian. Not because she didn’t dare, but because it was temporarily impossible.

"In the end, this was all your doing!" Finally, Princess Yongning could only leave in a fit of rage, "Just wait, Li Xian! I will never let you get away with this!" she hastily departed.

After Princess Yongning left, the smile gradually faded from Li Xian’s face.

Li Xian sat down alone at his desk. As he sat, he pressed his brow, feeling an inexplicable irritation.

Princess Yongning was simply a madwoman.

Somehow, she had discovered the matter of the medicinal dregs. Li Xian considered his actions flawless, known only by his confidants, who would never reveal it. With Princess Yongning’s intellect, how could she suspect him?

It would have been very easy to dismiss the matter if she hadn’t suspected him. But now that Princess Yongning knew, things became complicated. Who knew what she might do next? She was domineering and impulsive, unable to contemplate consequences, and if she focused on revenge against the Li Family, something shocking could happen.

Eventually, it would likely harm both parties.

Li Xian drew a piece of paper out from beneath the desk, and with a pen left on the side that still had some ink left, he wrote a few rough, ink-depleted words: Shen Yurong.

Maybe this name would make Princess Yongning back down.

Hopefully, she would think it over and calm down.

...

On the other hand, Princess Yongning, who returned to her quarters, was furious. She sat on her bed, her chest heaving violently, clearly enraged. "Li Xian, that bastard!"

Mei Xiang spoke up to console, "Your Highness, don’t be too angry just yet. At least today we could tentatively confirm, from Eldest Young Master Li’s attitude, that he certainly seems to be the killer. If he wasn’t, he would have been anxious to defend himself. However, his demeanor today, despite his denial, showed no urgency to prove his innocence. It’s as if... as if he knows that Your Highness cannot do anything to him."